Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Romania
Romania: Compensation of employees (% of expense) was 19.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in Romania, 1980–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees in Romania is 19.0%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 8.9% on the previous year and up 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in Romania peaked at 24.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 1985.
Romania ranks 102nd of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Romania, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2.1% | — |
| 1981 | 2.4% | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 2.7% | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 3.0% | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 2.7% | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 2.0% | -25.8% |
| 1986 | 6.5% | +219.8% |
| 1987 | 6.6% | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 7.3% | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 7.4% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 13.6% | +82.6% |
| 1991 | 21.1% | +55.6% |
| 1992 | 18.6% | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 21.1% | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 20.9% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 22.4% | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 21.6% | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 16.1% | -25.4% |
| 1998 | 15.8% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 21.1% | +33.7% |
| 2000 | 20.0% | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 16.0% | -20.1% |
| 2002 | 17.3% | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 17.4% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 17.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 18.8% | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 19.4% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 20.8% | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 19.2% | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 17.5% | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | -21.7% |
| 2012 | 14.2% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 14.4% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 14.1% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 16.9% | +20.1% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 23.4% | +30.7% |
| 2019 | 24.0% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 20.9% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | -8.9% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 19.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 18.9%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Romania's 19.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.4%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Compensation of employees (% of expense) in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +219.8% | 2.0% | 6.5% |
| 1990 | +82.6% | 7.4% | 13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.3% | 2.0% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.2% | 13.6% | 22.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.5% | 16.0% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 13.7% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 19.0% | 22.3% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in Romania?
- Compensation of employees in Romania was 19.0% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 24.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 1985.
- How does Romania rank for compensation of employees?
- Romania ranks 102nd out of 155 countries with data for 2022.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.